Specials - Teacher

DateSeptember 24 1990

Can DescriptionsMaster

AbstractSpecial: Teacher; Bernie, a middle-aged man dressed in a jacket and tie, drops slides into a projector tray and talks about why he became a teacher, and why he continues to teach; he then challenges one of the students to write an essay about July 3, 1863, and the Gettysburg address; he annoys the school board with his reading list, and teases his wife about daily choices; black screen breaks; he meets a friend for a game of hoops, and they banter about politics and how much more money his friend makes than Bernie makes; Bernie's wife reassures him that his friend's lifestyle is not right for Bernie; Bernie does not like the student's essay; the student says it is dead history; Bernie turns to some photos of the soldiers and tells stories about the soldiers; Bernie recites the address to the student and emphasizes the life and breathe of the words in his delivery; the student asks if he can rewrite the essay;

OtherIn the studio Jeffrey DeMunn, Gordon Rayfield, Arnie Reisman, Jerry Kirschenbaum, Steven Zahn, Joan Quinn Eastman, Bronia Stefan Wheeler, Annette Miller, Terry Stoecker, Joseph Costa, Susan Brodhoff-Cohen, David Skillicorn, Jeffrey Brawer, Ed Marcotti, Scott Philbrick, Ellen Boyce, Carolyn KIravetz, Brian Menz, David Teixeira, Patti Collinge, Caroline Pickman, Wayne Simpson, Leroy McLaurin, John Rosenfeld, John Kelly, Doug DeVitt, Joe Doyle, George Ellard, Ruth Hammel, David Rudolph, Bruce Goldman, Karen Doucette, RamsayGifford, Ken Vorspan, Mike Fallavollita, Carolyn Stirling, Gerri Powers, Amanda Havey, Molly Lynch, Jake Donahoe, Boston Latin School, Leona McCarthy, Mark Mills, Paul LaCamera;